The Department of Housing and Urban Development is exploring the idea of giving struggling Americans cash aid instead of vouchers. That might seem like an unlikely, bold new move for the federal ...

Angie Atkins, 37, lives with her two kids in an apartment in northwest Philadelphia. She's been on a waitlist for a federal housing voucher, which would help subsidize her rent, for about seven years.

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Federal housing vouchers are the largest rental aid program, but many landlords reject them. Experiments will test whether cash helps more people... In a major shift, the U.S. government explores ...